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Eagle’s Minimal Essential Medium (EMEM–Advance)

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GMP Bioscience™ Eagle’s Minimal Essential Medium – Advance (EMEM–Advance) is specifically formulated with L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine and defined supplements to support serum-reduced cell culture. This formulation enables reliable performance with as little as
5–7% FBS, improving reproducibility across experiments.

Scientific Background

GMP Bioscience™ EMEM Advance (EMEM-Advance) is designed to accommodate significantly reduced serum requirements, offering up to a 30-50% reduction in FBS supplementation. To achieve this, the medium includes synthetic, highly consistent components such as recombinant insulin, albumin, and transferrin, which help minimize variability due to serum lot differences.

L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine is used as a stable glutamine source, reducing ammonia accumulation and improving medium longevity. The reduction in FBS dependence not only enhances experimental consistency but also reduces the costs associated with routine cell culture.

 

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Description

Although L-glutamine is a vital amino acid, it degrades, resulting in the generation of toxic ammonia and pyrrolidine carboxylic acid. One way to minimize L-glutamine degradation in media is to gradually add these amino acids to your cell culture. However, keeping track of time to keep the amount of L-glutamine at the same level is tedious, if not impossible.

Alternatively, L-alanyl-L-glutamine can be used because it is much more stable in aqueous solutions. More importantly, it does not easily degrade and gradually releases aminopeptidases. As a result, L-glutamine and L-alanine are then used by the cells for protein production in the TCA cycle.

In addition to our Advance formulation products, we manufacture GMP Bioscience GluaSup  is a combination of L-alanyl-L-glutamine which prevents degradation of L-glutamine.

This medium is ideal for researchers and manufacturers seeking high consistency, cost- efficiency, and scalability in both research and bioproduction environments. Let me know if you need this reformatted for datasheets, regulatory submissions, or product marketing.

Eagle’s Minimal Essential Medium-Advance (EMEM-Advance) contains:

  • 5 mM sodium pyruvate
  • High glucose (4.5g/L)
  • Non-Essential Amino Acids
  • 3.7 g/L Sodium Bicarbonate; PurMa Biologics Manufactures several types of EMEM based on the amount of Sodium Bicarbonate and HEPES (PH capacity)
  • Phenol Red

EMEM-Advancecontains no proteins, lipids, or growth factors. Therefore, it requires supplementation, commonly with 10% Fetal bovine Serum (FBS).

 

Parameter Specification
Appearance Red, clear liquid
pH  7.2 ± 0.1
Osmolality  275-360 mOsm/L
Endotoxin  NMT< 2EU/mL
Mycoplasma Negative
Suitability  Suitable for mammalian cell culture
Additive  Sodium pyruvate
Indicator  Phenol red
Mycoplasma Detection Negative
Sterility Tested  Sterile filtered using 0.22 µm filter
Form Liquid
Shipping Condition  Room temperature

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